Q1 W3 August 26th-30th

 Welcome to 1st grade!

This is week 3 and we are having a fun filled week like starting Spalding words. For Spalding words please dictate the words to your scholar and give them an example sentence it is really good for them to learn how to use the word in a sentence.  We also have a lot of important upcoming days so please mark them in your calendar! We will also start going to our school Library very soon. We hope everyone has a great week! :)

Important Information:

- Scholars with Upper School siblings (who wait in the MPR at carline) must have a silent reading book everyday with them or in their backpack.

- Please make sure your scholar packs a snack everyday so they can refresh their energy. It doesn't have to be a big snack but just something to tie them over till lunch time.

- Scholars have Math and Spalding Homework daily except for Fridays so please make sure you are checking their black folders daily for homework and math workbook and reading the agendas.

- Please send your scholar with a water bottle to school every day so they can stay hydrated.

-For Spalding homework please write the words 2 times and in 2 Collums, you will fold the paper hot dog style and write on the left-hand side and close to the folded line.

- We are going to start going to the library so please make sure when you see A Great Hearts Western Hills book make sure they return it on their next library day your lead will send an email to let you know when that is. (Schedule is down Below.

Important Dates to remember:

August 29th: Picture Day

September 2nd: Labor Day and No School

September 6th: Full Day

September 12th: Curriculum Night @6-8pm

September 27th: Spirit Day

Library Rotation/ Schedule: We will let you Know what Library Cycle we will be that week.

Cycle A:

Wednesday:  1D

Thursday:  1C

Friday:  1A

Cycle B:

Thursday:  1B

This week at a Glance:

Spalding: Scholars will be reviewing 1-45 phonograms and starting to add words into their pink notebook from the Ayers list. Scholars will test their knowledge over the words learned this week on Friday.

Literature: Students are working on retelling fairy tales. This week we will read The Frog Prince and Jack and the Beanstalk. 1st Grade will continue to work on posture and body language while reciting the poem Hope by Langston Hughes. Our students will look to this poem as one that shows love and the hope that all people will have it.

History& Science: For this week in History, we will be introducing our homeland! We will have an in depth look at North America & the United States. As for Science this week we will be continuing our review of Day/Night. We will be having our first investigations of the movement of the sun and recording our observations. 

Writing and Grammer: This week 1st grade begins review basic rules regarding capitalization, periods, and letter formation through their copy-work. We begin this unit focusing on nouns - both common and proper.

Math: In this unit, scholars have learned how to count on and count back from numbers within 10. They have practiced finding one more and one less of a given number and compared two groups of objects. This week, students will use given numbers to build number bonds and identify parts and wholes. This part-whole concept will assist students in making sense of the numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Up-Coming Test Dates:

- Math Test Week 4

- Spalding Spelling Test Every Friday 

- Spalding Phonogram Tests Every Thursday

Teacher Information:

1A: 

(Lead) Ms. Cavazos:

Alexandra.cavazos@greatheartstxschools.org

 (AT) Ms. Bernal:

Liliana.bernal@greatheartstxschools.org

1B:

(Lead) Mrs. Martin: 

Susan.martin@greatheartstxschools.org

(AT) Mrs. Davis: 

Jameaka.Davis@greatheartstxschools.org

1C:

(Lead) Ms. Gomez: 

Stephanie.gomez@greatheartstxschhol.org

(AT) Ms. Maldonado: 

Kassandra.maldonado@greatheartstxschools.org

1D:

(Lead) Ms. Arrigo:  

Alexis.arrigo@greatheartstxschools.org

(AT) Ms. Nothstein: 

Sylvia.nothstein@greatheartstxschools.org